Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

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Manhigut Yehudit’s Moshe Feiglin devoted an entire piece, The Druze Got the Picture, to the recent pogrom perpetrated by the Druse in the Galilee village of Peki’in and the true, underlying reasons for the attacks.

No, it’s not about a cellular phone antenna. And it’s not about either a real or perceived Internet slur by a Christian of his Druse schoolmate. It’s about larger Druse perceptions, as Feiglin put it;

The Israeli culture of betrayal… the atmosphere of betrayal mocks them. ‘The Israelis are here only temporarily, they bow down to any and every display of Arab nationalism, they have betrayed their own identity and their own land. Deep down, the Israelis think that the Arab claims on the Land are just…. Even though you have established a covenant of blood with them, you do not merit the same respect that the Arabs receive from the Israelis. The Israelis despise themselves. So how do you expect them to relate to those who join them? They call the Arabs who help them ‘stinkers,’ not allies. Do you really think that they will not betray you as well?” read more

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Two Kassams Fired at Western Negev; No Casualties or Damage Reported

Kassam Hit Causes Fire in Kibbutz Dairy

Six Cows Killed by Kassam Rocket

Kassams Land Near Sderot; IDF Strikes Launchers

Barak, Backed by Justice Minister, To Cut Power to Gaza

Judea: Rock Attack on Car, Soldier Lightly Wounded

Rock Attacks on Israeli Cars Near Hevron

Givati Nabs Knife-Wielding Arab

Arabs Vandalize Jewish Olive Trees and Vineyards

Two Youths From Majd el-Kurum Suspected of Throwing Rocks at Police Car

Israeli Car Damaged by Rocks Near Bethlehem read more

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2 Kassam Rockets Land in Sderot; No Injuries

IDF Hits Gaza Rocket Unit

15 Mortars Fired at Israel on Sabbath

IDF Troops Shoot Two Palestinians Near Gaza Security Fence

Bomb Detonates Near the Security Fence, Damaging it; No Casualties

IDF Fires at Man Trying to Infiltrate Israel on Lebanon Border

IDF Nabs Second Lebanese Man Who Infiltrated Israel

Six Arabs Arrested for Rape of Jewish Girl

Shots Fired at IDF Troops on Patrol [Balata Refugee Camp] in Nablus [Shechem]

Explosive Charge Detonated Near Kalkilya read more

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Commentary;

The commentary below by Dr. Aaron Lerner of IMRA cites Jewish law simply and succinctly but in a way in which Israel’s leaders have never had the psychological stength, assuredness and connection to Hashem and Torah to assert.

This appalling concession by successive Israeli governments subsequent to the Six Day War; the acceptance and toleration of humans’, of Islamics’ having free access to the Holy of Holies – a place only entered once a year by the High Priest on Yom Kippur to pray for forgiveness for the people’s sins, is a desecration of Hashem’s name of massive, unimaginable proportions. And it is a concession which no other sovereign nation, no other people would have such a collectively low self-esteem as to make. read more